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Old 08-21-2008, 02:39 PM   #1
sachin_malik
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no hard drive found during installation

Hi,

i am having Toshiba A205-S5831 notebook. While I try to install redhat enterprise 4.0 on it, it show no hard drives have been found, so what should I do ?

I want to know which flavor of linux can I install on it.



Thanks

sachin
 
Old 08-21-2008, 04:01 PM   #2
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A quick google of that model number shows nothing unique about that machines harddrive, try the Ubuntu liveCD or knoppix.
If you are willing to pay I am sure redhat will give you specific support.
 
Old 08-31-2008, 06:26 AM   #3
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This laptop does have a SATA controller which is causing your problem. You can try the boot options:
all-generic-ide noapic nolapic

I might suggest using the latest Fedora version if you want to stay with a "Redhat" distro.
 
Old 09-01-2008, 11:50 AM   #4
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try slackware it's installer is more flexible than just about any other linux installer
the price for this flexiblety is complexity so you should read http://slackware.com/install/
 
Old 09-04-2008, 09:42 AM   #5
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I have an sata hdd on my laptop. With suse i was able to load a driver on load for it. Ubuntu just loaded with no problem.
 
  


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